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The ornate Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection has been selected as Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day, which means that for today only, this set is 69% off the list price of $499.99. Although at $154.99 the collection still isn’t cheap, if you’ve been holding out because of the price tag, today you can get the collection at a significant discount.
An extremely rare signed first printing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold today on eBay for an astonishing $10,602. The book is a 1st printing UK Bloomsbury softcover that was signed and dedicated by (a then unknown) J.K. Rowling in 1997.
The Toronto International Film Festival has been underway since last week, and with eleven films featuring actors from Harry Potter, there has been a lot of press coverage fans will want to be sure to check out!
Digital Spy released a video interview with Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams for the November 1 US release of Richard Curtis’s About Time, and we also found a great trailer for the movie.
As Horns premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, new photos from the set and stills from the movie were released by Entertainment Weekly.
Nick Hamm, the show’s executive producer, describes the series saying, “This show is about private conversations in public places. Each episode is two characters at a table, broken up into an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert.”
The Bradford Animation Festival at the National Media Museum in West Yorkshire, UK will play host to graphic novelists, illustrators, and movie concept artists in November. Among the honored guests will be British artist Dave McKean, who provided concept art for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
The exhibit is free to attend, and if you didn’t make it to Bodleian to see the annotated book the first time, now is your chance!
The Hogwarts Radio crew is back in the studio this week to report on the past week’s top Harry Potter news stories. Listeners will want to download this episode right away as we address and dis-spell recent Book 8 rumors!